Honolulu police traffic Lt. Bobby Towne said the crash caused the vehicles to veer right and strike the woman.

The 77-year-old man driving the sedan was not immediately aware that he had hit a pedestrian.

Hawaii News Now reported that the woman was pushed into thick bushes and plants and was not immediately discovered.

Friends of the woman say she lived in a high-rise building at the intersection and walked to a bus stop every morning to ride to work.

Police have opened a negligent homicide investigation.

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State officials track sperm whale carcass

HONOLULU - Federal and state of Hawaii authorities are tracking the carcass of a sperm whale floating off Oahu.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the 30- to 40-foot carcass is 4 to 5 miles off the windward side of the island.

Fishermen on Wednesday night first spotted the carcass.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it will deal with the carcass and is asking the public to report sightings to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hotline at 888-256-9840.

Sightings also can be reported to the Coast Guard Channel 16.

Marine mammal officials say towing a floating carcass away from the islands is easier and less expensive than removal from a beach.